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Swedish cross-country skier
Assar Rönnlund
Rönnlund at the 1961 Swedish National Championships
Full name Bernt Assar Rönnlund Born (1935-09-03 ) 3 September 1935
Sävar ,
Västerbotten , SwedenDied 5 January 2011(2011-01-05) (aged 75)
Umeå , Västerbotten, Sweden Height 177 cm (5 ft 10 in) Ski club
IFK Umeå
Bernt Assar Rönnlund (3 September 1935 – 5 January 2011)
[1] was a
Swedish
cross-country skier . Rönnlund's biggest success was at the
1962 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in
Zakopane where he won two gold medals (15 km and 4 × 10 km) and a silver (50 km). As a result, he earned the
Svenska Dagbladet Gold Medal that year for his championship successes. Rönnlund was the anchorman of the Swedish 4 × 10 km relay team at the
1964 Winter Olympics in
Innsbruck , bringing the team from fourth place to victory. Rönnlund also won the
Vasaloppet in 1967
[2] and the 50 km event at the
Holmenkollen ski festival twice (1962 and 1968). For his cross-country skiing successes, Rönnlund was awarded the
Holmenkollen Medal in 1968 (shared with
King Olav V ,
Gjermund Eggen and
Bjørn Wirkola ).
After retiring from active competition he was hired in 1972 by
The Swedish Radio Corporation as a cross-country skiing commentator. He gained nationwide popularity working in a duo with
Åke Strömmer .
[3] Rönnlund retired from broadcasting after the
2003 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships .
[1]
Rönnlund was married to Inga-Britt Rönnlund and they had three sons, Michael, Lars and Tommy Rönnlund. Later he married
Toini Gustafsson , a 1967 Holmenkollen medalist; they had two children together, plus one from the previous marriage of Gustafsson.
[4] They became the second husband-wife team to earn this honor. They are also the only husband-wife team to ever win the Svenska Dagbladet Gold Medal with Gustafsson earning the honor in 1968.
Rönnlund died on 5 January 2011 after a period of illness.
[1]
Cross-country skiing results
All results are sourced from the
International Ski Federation (FIS) .
[5]
Olympic Games
3 medals – (1 gold, 2 silver)
World Championships
3 medals – (2 gold, 1 silver)
Year
Age
15 km
30 km
50 km
4 × 10 km relay
1962
26
Gold
6
Silver
Gold
References
External links
1936 :
Sulo Nurmela ,
Klaes Karppinen ,
Matti Lähde ,
Kalle Jalkanen (
FIN )
1948 :
Nils Östensson ,
Nils Täpp ,
Gunnar Eriksson ,
Martin Lundström (
SWE )
1952 :
Heikki Hasu ,
Paavo Lonkila ,
Urpo Korhonen ,
Tapio Mäkelä (
FIN )
1956 :
Fyodor Terentyev ,
Pavel Kolchin ,
Nikolay Anikin ,
Vladimir Kuzin (
URS )
1960 :
Toimi Alatalo ,
Eero Mäntyranta ,
Väinö Huhtala ,
Veikko Hakulinen (
FIN )
1964 :
Karl-Åke Asph ,
Sixten Jernberg ,
Janne Stefansson ,
Assar Rönnlund (
SWE )
1968 :
Odd Martinsen ,
Pål Tyldum ,
Harald Grønningen ,
Ole Ellefsæter (
NOR )
1972 :
Vladimir Voronkov ,
Yuri Skobov ,
Fyodor Simashev ,
Vyacheslav Vedenin (
URS )
1976 :
Matti Pitkänen ,
Juha Mieto ,
Pertti Teurajärvi ,
Arto Koivisto (
FIN )
1980 :
Vasily Rochev ,
Nikolay Bazhukov ,
Yevgeny Belyayev ,
Nikolay Zimyatov (
URS )
1984 :
Thomas Wassberg ,
Benny Kohlberg ,
Jan Ottosson ,
Gunde Svan (
SWE )
1988 :
Jan Ottosson ,
Thomas Wassberg ,
Gunde Svan ,
Torgny Mogren (
SWE )
1992 :
Terje Langli ,
Vegard Ulvang ,
Kristen Skjeldal ,
Bjørn Dæhlie (
NOR )
1994 :
Maurilio De Zolt ,
Marco Albarello ,
Giorgio Vanzetta ,
Silvio Fauner (
ITA )
1998 :
Sture Sivertsen ,
Erling Jevne ,
Bjørn Dæhlie ,
Thomas Alsgaard (
NOR )
2002 :
Anders Aukland ,
Frode Estil ,
Kristen Skjeldal ,
Thomas Alsgaard (
NOR )
2006 :
Fulvio Valbusa ,
Giorgio Di Centa ,
Pietro Piller Cottrer ,
Cristian Zorzi (
ITA )
2010 :
Daniel Rickardsson ,
Johan Olsson ,
Anders Södergren ,
Marcus Hellner (
SWE )
2014 :
Lars Nelson ,
Daniel Rickardsson ,
Johan Olsson ,
Marcus Hellner (
SWE )
2018 :
Didrik Tønseth ,
Martin Johnsrud Sundby ,
Simen Hegstad Krüger ,
Johannes Høsflot Klæbo (
NOR )
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Aleksey Chervotkin ,
Alexander Bolshunov ,
Denis Spitsov ,
Sergey Ustiugov (
ROC )
1933:
Per-Erik Hedlund ,
Sven Utterström ,
Nils-Joel Englund ,
Hjalmar Bergström
1934:
Sulo Nurmela ,
Klaes Karppinen ,
Martti Lappalainen ,
Veli Saarinen
1935:
Mikko Husu ,
Klaes Karppinen ,
Väinö Liikkanen ,
Sulo Nurmela
1937:
Annar Ryen ,
Oskar Fredriksen ,
Sigurd Røen ,
Lars Bergendahl
1938:
Jussi Kurikkala ,
Martti Lauronen ,
Pauli Pitkänen ,
Klaes Karppinen
1939:
Pauli Pitkänen ,
Olavi Alakulppi ,
Eino Olkinuora ,
Klaes Karppinen
1950:
Nils Täpp ,
Karl-Erik Åström ,
Martin Lundström ,
Enar Josefsson
1954:
August Kiuru ,
Tapio Mäkelä ,
Arvo Viitanen ,
Veikko Hakulinen
1958:
Sixten Jernberg ,
Lennart Larsson ,
Sture Grahn ,
Per-Erik Larsson
1962:
Lars Olsson ,
Sture Grahn ,
Sixten Jernberg ,
Assar Rönnlund
1966:
Odd Martinsen ,
Harald Grønningen ,
Ole Ellefsæter ,
Gjermund Eggen
1970:
Vladimir Voronkov ,
Valery Tarakanov ,
Fyodor Simashev ,
Vyacheslav Vedenin
1974:
Gerd Heßler ,
Dieter Meinel ,
Gerhard Grimmer ,
Gert-Dietmar Klause
1978:
Sven-Åke Lundbäck ,
Christer Johansson ,
Tommy Limby ,
Thomas Magnuson
1982:
Lars Erik Eriksen ,
Ove Aunli ,
Pål Gunnar Mikkelsplass ,
Oddvar Brå 0 and
Vladimir Nikitin ,
Oleksandr Batyuk ,
Yuriy Burlakov ,
Alexander Zavyalov
1985:
Arild Monsen ,
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Tor Håkon Holte ,
Ove Aunli
1987:
Erik Östlund ,
Gunde Svan ,
Thomas Wassberg ,
Torgny Mogren
1989:
Christer Majbäck ,
Gunde Svan ,
Lars Håland ,
Torgny Mogren
1991:
Øyvind Skaanes ,
Terje Langli ,
Vegard Ulvang ,
Bjørn Dæhlie
1993:
Sture Sivertsen ,
Vegard Ulvang ,
Terje Langli ,
Bjørn Dæhlie
1995:
Sture Sivertsen ,
Erling Jevne ,
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Thomas Alsgaard
1997:
Sture Sivertsen ,
Erling Jevne ,
Bjørn Dæhlie ,
Thomas Alsgaard
1999:
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Alois Stadlober ,
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Lars Berger ,
Petter Northug
2009 :
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Petter Northug
2011 :
Martin Johnsrud Sundby ,
Eldar Rønning ,
Tord Asle Gjerdalen ,
Petter Northug
2013 :
Tord Asle Gjerdalen ,
Eldar Rønning ,
Sjur Røthe ,
Petter Northug
2015 :
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Didrik Tønseth ,
Anders Gløersen ,
Petter Northug
2017 :
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Finn Hågen Krogh
2019 :
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Martin Johnsrud Sundby ,
Sjur Røthe ,
Johannes Høsflot Klæbo
2021 :
Pål Golberg ,
Emil Iversen ,
Hans Christer Holund ,
Johannes Høsflot Klæbo
2023 :
Hans Christer Holund ,
Pål Golberg ,
Simen Hegstad Krüger ,
Johannes Høsflot Klæbo
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